Tea Party critics accuse them of bigotry and racism. GUILTY! The public does not get to see the overt racist signs nor the rhetoric on the Tee-shirts. Granted, I do not believe all in that movement are bigots and racists, however, if you lay down with dogs, you get up with fleas. I have yet to hear any of the tea party leaders denounce or ask the bigots to demonstrate elsewhere. Their movement, like it or not has become the disguise the bigots needed to promote their messages of hate and intolerance. Unfortunately, our own media bears some of the blame. By the media's refusal to publish the photos of the placards and tee-shirts that spout racist jargon referring to the President, they are as if not more guilty than the party that refuses to address the issue.
The primary excuse the movement claims is that they are protesting fiscal irresponsibility of this administration. Where were they during the past eight years when Bush and Chaney were robbing the American taxpayer blind. They took the Patriot act and turned it into a license to steal. I did not hear of any "Tea Party" then. I believe I heard just the opposite. They protested about Obama's heritage (or what they perceived as Obama's heritage), but no one had anything to say about how the presidency was highjacked twice. As far as I am concerned, no matter how successful the healthcare effort ends up, because it was spearheaded by an administration led by a Black man, there will always be a problem.
That is just plain ignorant!
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